Planet Technology WAP-4030A - Manual (Page 14)

securely. You may refer to section 3.5 to know the detail settings of it.
WPA: You can use a pre-shared key to authenticate wireless stations and encrypt
data during communication. You may refer to section 3.6 to know the settings of it.
Advance setting It provides more powerful features for you to configuring.
Access Filter This Access Point allows you to provide a Filter List of MAC addresses that are
allowed associating with this AP.
Please click “Apply” button to save the above configurations.
3.1.2.1 Advance setting
Parameter Description
Beacon Interval The period of time that this access point broadcast a beacon. Beacon is used to
synchronize the wireless network.
RTS Threshold When the packet size is smaller the RTS threshold, the access point will not use the
RTS/CTS mechanism to send this packet.
DTIM Period This is the interval of the Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM). A DTIM field is a
countdown field informing stations of the next window for listening to broadcast and
multicast messages. When the Access Point has buffered broadcast or multicast
messages for associated stations, it sends the next DTIM with a DTIM Interval value.
Stations for the Access Point hear the beacons and awaken to receive the broadcast
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